Dennis Tunnicliffe

Staffordshire Police — Stafford, ENG

Accident

End of Watch March 9, 1976

Age 27

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Killed alongside his colleague, PC John David Hunt, when their police motorcycles were in collision with a car on a test route in Cannock Chase.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Tunnicliffe served with the Staffordshire Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Tunnicliffe.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Staffordshire Police

Location Stafford, ENG

Platform Identity spd.sts.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 1976

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Dennis Tunnicliffe is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Staffordshire Police, 6 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 85.7% of this agency's fallen.

Staffordshire Police

of 7 officers

85.7% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident